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4 M. MONCASTER AND G. HOLLINSHEAD.

SELF CLOSING 0R SLEEPING DOLLS EYES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 1.19m.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET l- M. MONCASTER AND G. HOLLINSHEAD.

SELF CLOSING 0R SLEEPING DOLLS EYES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 7. 1919.

1,324,843. v i Patented Dec. 16,1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- MATTHEW MONCASTER AND GEORGE HOLLINSI-IEAD; OF ROCHDALE, ENGLAND.

SELF-CLOSING on SLEEPING DOLLS EYES.

' Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 16, 1919 Application filed June 7, 1919. Serial No. 302,503. g

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MATTHEW MON- oas'rnn, of 67 Drake street, Rochdale, England, and Gronen HOLLINSHEAD, of 5 Dunstclville Terrace, Rochdale, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in and Relating to Self-Closing or Sleeping Dolls Eyes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to an improved mechanism of self-closing, or sleeping dolls eyes, whereby the self-closing action may be obtained with a more natural effect than with existing arrangements at present in use. Most of the existing arrangements consist in constructing the eyes so that they roll bodily in sockets under the action of a balance weight, the appearance of the closing eyelid being obtained from a wax or other coating on the eye itself.

According to this invention, the eyeballs instead of rolling are permanently fixed against rotation in the head of the doll, and thin movable lids are provided which are adapted to be projected through slot apertures above the fixed eyeballs and sweep around the front thereof to mask the eyes when the dolls head is laid down. This may be effected by carrying the lids on a weighted frame which is pivoted in a bracket or plate secured to the interior of the dolls head.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1. is a vertical section through a dolls head showing the self-closing eyelid in the open position, Fig. 2. being a sectional view analogous to Fig. 1. showing the dolls head laid down and the eyelids closed. Fig. 3. is a perspective view of the construction of pivoted and weighted frame for controlling the movement of the eyelids, Fig. 4. being a front view of the pivoted frame, and its bracket support, Fig. 5. being a rear view and Fig. 6. a side view.

In carrying out the invention a frame 1, the upper end of which is bent over and shaped to form two eyelids 2, is pivoted at 3 in a bracket 1 which is cemented or otherwise fixed in the dolls head 5. The parts 2 of the frame are curved and fashioned to represent eyelids and tinted as required, and these eyelids may be provided with lashes 6. The rear of the frame 1 is fitted with a weight 7 which is supported from the tail of may project to sweep around the front of the eyeballs 12 when the dolls head is laid down as shown in Fig. 2.

In fitting the mechanism, in order to form the curved slot apertures 11 through which the movable lids are adapted to project two spoon shaped elements areprovided which rest against the eyeballs so that the tips of the spoon elements project into the interior of the dolls head. The cement 13 by means of which the eyeballs 12 are then permanently secured in the dolls head is run around the eyeballs and inwardly projecting tips of the spoon elements and when allowed to set, or before setting, on withdrawal of the spoon elements curved slot apertures will be thus left through which the lids 2 may move, the bracket plate 4: and weighted pivotal frame 1 being fitted simultaneously witlci1 the eyeballs 12 or subsequently as des1re The position of the bracket 4 with reference to the eyes is preferably that shown in Figs. 1 and 2, the inner corner 4? ofthe bracket plate engaging beneath the inwardly projecting ridge on the eyeballs 12, the bracket 4' thus acting as a rear support for the eyeballs and preventing them from being pushed infrom the outside.

As mentioned above, the eyelids maybe fitted with lashes and the tops of the lids may be treated with a wax coating 14:, which wax coating besides giving a more natural appearance to the lids also acts as a lubricant enabling the lids more readily to pass in and out of the curved slots 11. The eye lashes 6 may be put on in any suitable manner. The pivoted frame 1 and the bracket 1 may be very economically manufactured from light sheet metal stampings as shown.

lVe claim:

I11 a doll, a head including eyes and hav ing slots formed over the eyes, a bracket including a front wall and side walls, wing members formed integral with the side walls of the bracket and providing means for se In testimony Where We afi lx our signatures curlng the bracket wltlnn the head, a frame 111 presence of two wltnesses. hmlng curved portlons operatlng through MATTHEW MONCASTER. the slotted portlons, szud frame havln l pivotal connection with the bracket, and t GEORGE HOLLINSHEAD Weight connected to the frame, whereby Htnesses:

movement of the Weight causes a relative FRED. WRIGHT,

movement of the curved portion. CLIFFORD NICHOLL. 

